Really. The evidence and logic are faulty. And the entire feild of history is deceived by that faulty logic and evidence. Hmm. no matter their religious beliefs, they are deceived. Satan at work? You decide. Just as all those experts are deceived by that faulty evidence the Smithsonian throws around about the Book of Mormon? Funny how that works -- how all those experts don't know what they ar
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Sorry lulu. I shouldn't have thrown you so many curve balls. I do think there are many great posters on this site, but I was being sarcastic at that moment in time. But thanks for the perhaps undeserved welcome. I completely disagree. If Buddha didn't transcend being human, then he isn't Buddha, it seems to me, just as if Jesus wasn't resurrected, then he wasn't a Christ. My point, which I sho
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What if Ehrman's ideas of Jesus are as questionable as saying "There were no horses in the Americas until the arrival of the Spaniards"? What if they are as questionable as saying "The earth was not created in six days 4000 years ago." What if his views are -- just as he represents them -- the accepted scholarship in his field? Wouldn't you want to know that? Wouldn't any seri
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Wow. You guys are brilliant. I don't know if I belong here. I love the way Steve Benson quoted a guy who larded his comments with such utter subtleties such as accusing Ehrman of "preaching" and "...Ehrman’s support of the historical Jesus is used by apologists.." That doesn't hit any atheist buttons -- their hysterical fear that if you prove there was a historical Jesus, wh
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